I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOWYou know, when I did ‘American Idol’ the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn’t crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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If I Should Love Again’ – I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn’t a single and people didn’t really know about it, but it’s a beautiful song and that’s part of what I’m loving.
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Keep your family and old friends around you. That’s what I had done and that’s what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive…And since I’m a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.
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First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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